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US-11125981

Lens assembly and optical device comprising same

PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
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Technical Abstract

In a lens assembly structure comprising a plurality of lens assemblies, according to the present invention, at least one part of assemblies among the plurality of lens assemblies comprises: a first lens group having a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power; a second lens group having a positive refractive power; and a bending structure for bending an optical path of the first lens group such that the optical path corresponds to an optical axis direction of the second lens group, wherein the bending structure is disposed on the optical path of the first lens group and an optical path of the second lens group, optical axes of the first lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies meet at one point, and optical axes of the second lens groups disposed in each of the at least one part of lens assemblies may form a triangle.

Patent Claims
11 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A lens assembly structure comprising at least three lens assemblies, each of the at least three lens assemblies comprising: a first lens group having positive refractive power or negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a bending structure for bending a path of light of the first lens group so as to correspond to an optical-axis direction of the second lens group, the bending structure being disposed on the path of light of the first lens group and on a path of light of the second lens group, wherein three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three lens assemblies meet at a point, and wherein a triangle is formed by a combination of three edges respectively corresponding to three second optical axes of the second lens groups of the at least three lens assemblies.

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3. The lens assembly structure of claim 1 , wherein an angle between the three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three lens assemblies, is 120°, an angle between the second optical axes of the second lens groups of the at least three lens assemblies is 60°, and the triangle is a regular triangle.

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6. The lens assembly structure of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises a plurality of lenses, and the plurality of lenses comprise: a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power.

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7. The lens assembly structure of claim 1 , wherein the first lens group comprises a plurality of lenses, the plurality of lenses: have negative refractive power and are disposed successively from near a subject, and comprise: at least one lens configured to have positive refractive power.

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8. The lens assembly structure of claim 2 , wherein each of the at least three lens assemblies comprises a rectangular image sensor, and wherein the rectangular image sensor has an image-forming surface configured to have a long side disposed perpendicularly to a plane defined by the first optical axes of the first lens groups or by the second optical axes of the second lens groups.

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10. The lens assembly structure of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth lens assembly disposed above or below the at least three lens assemblies arranged on a same horizontal plane, wherein an optical axis of a first lens group of the fourth lens assembly is perpendicular to the three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three lens assemblies and exists on a straight line extending through the point at which the three first optical axes meet.

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11. An optical device comprising at least three optical system structures, each of the at least three optical system structures comprising: a case having an open front surface; a lens assembly disposed in the case, the lens assembly comprising a first lens group consisted of a combination of a plurality of lenses, a second lens group, and a bending structure for bending a path of light of the first lens group and for transferring the path of light to the second lens group, an outermost lens of the first lens group being exposed to an opening; and a seating portion disposed in the case, which to seat the first lens group or the second lens group, wherein three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three optical system structures are configured to be perpendicular to three second optical axes of the second lens groups of the at least three optical system structures, and wherein the three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three optical system structures meet at a single point, and wherein a triangle is formed by a combination of three edges respectively corresponding to the three second optical axes of the second lens groups of the at least three optical system structures.

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12. The optical device of claim 11 , wherein apexes of outermost lenses of the first lens groups of the at least three optical system structures are located along a first circle configured to have the single point at a center thereof and to have a first radius a, and wherein centers of bending surfaces of the bending structures of the at least three optical system structures are located along a second circle configured to have the single point at a center thereof and to have a second radius b, and wherein centers of surfaces of image sensors of the at least three optical system structures are located along a third circle configured to have the single point at a center thereof and to have a third radius c, and wherein values of the first radius, second radius, and the third radius are configured to be a>c>b.

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13. The optical device of claim 11 , each of the at least three optical system structures further comprising: an image sensor having a short-side direction disposed in parallel with the optical axis of the first lens group, wherein the three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three optical system structures are disposed on a same plane, an angle between the three first optical axes of the first lens groups of the at least three optical system structures is 120°, and an angle between the first optical axis of the first lens group of one optical system structure and the second optical axis of the second lens group of an adjacent optical system structure is 30°.

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14. The optical device of claim 12 , each of the at least three optical system structures further comprising: a heat-radiating structure disposed between the apexes of the outermost lenses of the first lens group of the at least three optical system structures and the centers of the surfaces of the image sensor, which radiates heat from the image sensor.

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15. The optical device of claim 13 , further comprising: an optical-axis adjustment structure disposed to have a single axis formed on the first optical axis of the first lens group, which compensates for an amount of rotational error of each lens structure and the image sensor.

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Filing Date

March 14, 2018

Publication Date

September 21, 2021

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